Jackson Arnold Interview | Oklahoma 51, Temple 3

guys yeah D's just a playmaker um a guy that you know I can trust to get open no matter what um plays his butt off very physical um very gifted Runner route Runner and just he can show tonight he has the ability to get open at all times and yeah's real the fact that you got Nick on the sidelines obviously uh losing Jal little tonight just the pressure was kind of on a guy like Dion to perform being a veteran did you sense him you know sort of feeding off that in any way I mean not off of those injuries but more so Dion I mean he's he's getting certain looks he's t on the sidelines like throw me the ball in these looks and sure enough you know in the goal rine or in the Red Zone whatever it was I threw that slot Fade to him that's the one the looks he wanted um he's just a competitive player um wants the ball at all times and that's what I love from a receiver how did that first throw feel just to get settled in and and take us through that a little bit that 47 yard back yeah that hurts so good I mean they um they gave us what we wanted the back end um gave a ball to Jalil made a great play felt good that was that was your only chunk play through the air but Brent was saying you know it was kind of a vanilla game plan on purpose what's that like as a quarterback when maybe you want to air it out a little bit more but you're kind of doing what's called I mean it's fine I mean take what the defense gives you and to be fair I mean with the the field position we had tonight I mean we get turnovers and they're in the plus 30 like there's not going to be very many shots to be taken you know alongside that there's not going to be very many yards to gain with that but I mean coach I trust coach LR in this play calling and if it wasn't time to take a shot then it wasn't time we also we had shots on we uh we had the false start we hit a big one on um just didn't happen tonight and who cares we won 51-3 you know Jackson what was happening on third down you guys had some struggles converting on third down today what was a question on third down so you guys had some struggles today what what was happening um I think it's just us getting behind the getting behind the chains early on and and getting into a third getting third and long situations um I think for us I think like for most OC is like 30% is like really good for completion percentage on Third and say 10 plus um so I think getting behind on the chains early on really hurt us and um um alongside that too you know there's a bunch of third down fourth third down play fourth down situations so we were I think we were 100% on fourth down conversion tonight and that's part the reason why those third Downs were ConEd 100 a chance early how tough was it after the offensive line lost Branson just kind of get some chemistry and momentum back again with that group yeah it's tough um obvious Los a centerpiece um in the center um as Branson um but I'm I'm proud of Garen um I'm proud of Josh for stepping up tonight just going out in playing position that they're not used to and going out in ball the leadership how you replace that you don't replace it but you you you know D D well hope that guys step up and and really take over is that voice in the room um and that that player on the field it'll be it'll be nice having Nick back whenever we do get did it feel like any other night or were there any nerves tonight you know honestly I I felt I mean there was obviously some nerves whenever I play game I always get a little nervous but tonight it felt I felt really good felt really comfortable um yeah it felt good tonight it help you get off the fast start you got scor like the first couple of times you think you first SP since yeah for sure I mean getting off to the start like that that will boost anybody any QB's confidence any offense's confidence and scoring those first couple drives was huge for us really highly about B throughout the preseason but how it was just to see him go out there and kind of prove that initially game one get that rolling awesome man I'm so proud of b um that's my guy I'm so happy we stole him from the transfer portal um but I mean for him to come in and his first ever game in a soon uniform be a captain and score a touchdown you know that that speaks for St you know so we're proud of him he's been a great leader for us what is that what is that tight pass game you the off that you a lot more I say a lot more you know being dynamic in the offense um being able to spread the ball around to different receivers and different tight ends I mean like I feel like tonight we utilized the tight end a lot more than we did last year um even used um 12 personel sets with two tight end on the field um things like that were things that we might not have been able to do last year and so it definely brings a whole new Dynamic to our offense two back sex to what that going of do for you getting those Playmakers on the field yeah I mean a unique set that you know we knew that last year um Temple hadn't seen and we thought it'd be something that'd be beneficial for us and and it proved well for uson you talked about a field position earlier having six takeaways on the game from the defense how much easier does that make it on you the offense makes it a lot easier um getting the ball in the plus territory of the field I mean it makes our job so much easier I'm a lot less pressure off of us to to go out and instead of doing a 90 yard Drive you're doing like a 45 yard drive and that makes it a whole lot easier for the offense we have a lot more lot more play calls we can have at the 45 um maybe not shots but a lot more things Red Zone calls that we can we can expand and and really um execute Jackson Brun was telling us about the rpos and saying you guys had some struggles there from your perspective what went on on some of those I think for us it was miscommunication and drops um I mean obviously there's there some balls I want back on rpos too but I feel like for us just get on the same page of on rpos what routes we're going to run and little things like that you know I I think that was one part of our game that was sloppy tonight um and even like I get the signal Sometimes some some things were sloppy tonight and things that we definitely need to get fixed before next week with Coach trailer how much different easier that kind of communication trust everything from last time out Co TR yeah I mean having a whole off seon to to really know coach Trail um know his office know how his coaching style and how he coaches um really helped you know us create chemistry and create connection um for this game tonight you know I loved all the plays he called tonight and obviously C it good enough for us to score 51 points so our gu 40 44 how cool is it to see a guy like Taylor Tatum not only get some some time in his first game but to also get a to to score yeah it was awesome um I think really highly of Taylor um you know he's going to get to see a lot more action throughout this year too my fight played fantastic tonight was really good in the open space and um you know when we were using those two back sets early on you know he knew what he was doing and that's what I appreciate the most is those guys they those young guys he came in in the summer he comes in he knows what he's doing he's locked in he's dowed in he goes out makes the right place any adjustment with the communication system was it tough not tough at all it actually made things a whole lot easier just I just cut my ears and here coach the trail some sometimes it's kind of funny cuz you know last year years prior you can't hear like coaches stuttering trying to call a play or you know like now I'm here in coost TR like trying to say a play he's kind of messing up a couple times but uh no it's been seamless um it's been very beneficial for us in our offense especially with the checking plays um there any plays that I need to check um him being able to talk to me and giveing tips has been really beneficial for us fun is it to play with a guy like Deion Burks and how easy does he make your life out there a lot of fun and yeah he makes my life a whole lot easier um his ability to get open is is unlike anything I've seen um absolutely stud and uh I'm super excited about the rest of the year with him lot of times when he talks to us he's got a smile on his face but was saying how competitive he is what have you sort of learned about just his Personality yeah he's an extremely competitive person but I mean I often feel like that dude I've never seen without a smile on his face he's always smiling always laughing always chopping it up and I's he's a great locker room presence for us um Great Character guy um the type of dud that you want to go out give him for is he the this smile not leave his face on the sidelines after the touchdowns tonight no